We at Business Insider are pretty conservative with our black tie rules. If it can be avoided, we prefer that you don't wear sneakers with your tuxedo.

But if you do, we suggest you do it the way DJ Khaled did at the 2016 Grammys Monday night.

The 40-year-old rapper paired his rather staid patterned tuxedo with a pair of all-black Kanye West's Adidas collaboration Yeezys.

We've panned red carpet sneakers in the past, but these are different. There is something understated and elegant about the suede sneakers.

Here's why we think they work:

• The sneakers are not loud or obnoxious, and they don't look anything like running shoes.
• They are a uniform black suede, without much ornamentation or distraction apart from the nylon strap.
• They aren't shiny and don't draw the eye away from the overall ensemble.
• They're perfectly suited to the Grammys' more relaxed red carpet dress code.
• The houndstooth-printed jacket tones down the tuxedo's formality just enough so the sneakers can slot right in.

We're as surprised as you are that DJ Khaled had the best style move of the 2016 Grammys, but we must give credit where credit is due. His Yeezy 750 in pirate black were a major key to that success.

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Over the weekend, the New Yorker released its two-years-in-the-making, 11,000-word expose on what really goes on inside the walls of the most-recognized gossip site, if not always the most loved in Hollywood or other media: TMZ.

Along with countless stories of the bribes and other deals the site (which also has TV shows) makes to get the news on anyone in Hollywood first, there was also an example of how holding onto a juicy story can be a greater benefit.

In the piece, one section is dedicated to how, in 2011, TMZ received an anonymous tip from an unidentified woman using a voice modulator to disguise herself stating that she had a video of then-15-year-old Justin Bieber singing his hit “One Less Lonely Girl" a cappella but substituting the N-word for "girl."

TMZ moved quickly on the tip. A former production associate received an envelope containing a check for around $80,000 and caught a flight to Las Vegas where he met the tipster and exchanged check for a laptop that had the video.

Following a conversation between TMZ founder Harvey Levin and Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun — who pleaded with Levin not to post the video, saying, “You’re going to ruin this kid’s life” — Levin called Braun to tell him he wasn’t going to put up the video. Bieber later called Levin to thank him.

This led to a string of positive Bieber-related stories on TMZ, and the singer even made appearances on the site’s TV show “TMZ Live.”

A former writer for TMZ told the New Yorker that, for Levin, there was more to gain by not releasing the video and building a relationship with Bieber than ruining his career. (Levin declined the New Yorker's request for an interview for the story.)

But then in 2014, the Sun published the “One Less Lonely” video, and Levin then pulled the trigger and ran the clip on his other TV show, “TMZ on TV.”

When the Bieber news was brought up on the show, Levin, as the New Yorker puts it, “feigned shock.”

The New Yorker piece notes TMZ has passed on other big tabloid stories in the past, like a photo of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps smoking a bong in 2008 or the lewd voicemails and text messages then-New York Jets quarterback Brett Farve sent to a cheerleader for the team in 2010 (both later ran as stories by their competitors). Levin reportedly believes in protecting children and says he's not in the business of policing bedrooms.

But those two examples stand out for TMZ's restraint. What makes the Bieber story stand out is the strategy TMZ uses to control the biggest stars on the planet. 

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For more than 200 years, Madame Tussauds has been making wax figures that are so lifelike you might think you're standing next to the actual person they were modeled after.

Madame Tussauds' more than 20 global locations are home to wax figures of famous people like Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Lima, and even Barack Obama. The opportunity to take a photo with their favorite celebrities (even if in wax form) is highly appealing to tourists, and Madame Tussauds is usually packed. 

When it comes to a celebrity's wax replica, every single detail is carefully recorded — from exact eye color to visible tattoos, moles, and beauty marks.

Each figure is made at Madame Tussauds' central studios in London, then sent to their assigned location around the world.

Here's how the incredibly lifelike wax figures are made.

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Each figure takes a total of 15 artists three to four months to complete. The New York City location adds seven new figures each year, and globally the company aims to make about 230 figures in total. The first step of the process is a sitting with the celebrity.

During the sitting, more than 250 measurements of the celebrity are taken, including finding their exact hair, eye, and skin color.

After the sitting is done, the figure is sculpted in clay.

Jon Stewart had a lot to do with John Oliver's decision to leave "The Daily Show," so he could front his own show over at HBO.

Now as Oliver is starting his third season of "Last Week Tonight," he has opened up about the decision to leave the Comedy Central show. It happened before Stewart went public with his plans to leave "The Daily Show."

"He said to me, 'We need to talk about what you’re going to do next,'" Oliver said in a new interview with New York magazine. "In your head, that sounds like you’re being fired, so that was pretty frightening. But what he wanted to say was that I needed to think about what I wanted to do next."

Oliver had hosted "The Daily Show" over the summer of 2013 in place of Stewart, who was directing his first film, "Rosewater." The British comedian's tenure as host was met with rave reviews from critics. And Stewart knew that Oliver would need a change.

"He knew it was going to be hard to go back to my old job after having filled in for him," Oliver said. "He was a little bit of a mother bird pushing me out of the nest. When I mentioned the offer from HBO, his face changed, and he said, 'You would be insane not to take that.'"

He added, "As Jon said to me, 'Once you touch the precious, you don’t want to give precious up.'"

Oliver took Stewart's advice. In December 2013, he shot his last episode of "The Daily Show." Only four months later, "Last Week Tonight" debuted on HBO.

"Working at that level of difficulty, it might have been difficult to go back to the old job," Oliver said of the decision to move on. "I had to spring to at least an equivalent challenge, not go backward."

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Adele's performance at this year's Grammys was mired with technical issues, but she took it all in stride explaining the problems on Twitter. 

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Sports Illustrated is making Ashley Graham its first-ever curvy model in this year's swimsuit edition, and while you'd think she has confidence in spades, Graham worked for it. Here's her advice for women in need of a confidence boost.

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NBC has very publicly dismissed the notion that traditional TV is being threatened by cord-cutting, but the company is still building its own standalone streaming products, and a pattern is starting to emerge in its strategy.

Whether you believe that cord-cutting will destroy cable or not, companies from Verizon to HBO to Amazon are making big bets on “over-the-top” services. These services let you stream video without needing a cable package, digital antenna, or even a TV. Netflix is the most prominent example.

But even though the money is pouring in, a dominant model for standalone streaming services hasn't emerged, and deciding what type of product to build is especially difficult for TV networks that don’t want to undercut their main business.

Luckily for the networks, NBC has embarked on a natural experiment to test one model that is completely different from the all-you-can-eat Netflix library. The strategy relies on the idea of viewers being a fan of a particular “genre," and on the thesis that they’ll pay a per-month subscription fee to get their fill of it.

The model

NBC has announced two separate streaming services in recent months that cater to “comedy” and “reality TV” respectively.

In January, NBC launched “Seeso,” a comedy streaming service that costs $4 a month. Though Seeso has original shows, its bedrock is NBC favorites like “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live,” as well as an expansive library of “Monty Python” content. The New York Times called the originals available at launch “hit-or-miss,” and asserted that they weren’t must-see TV. But it's much too early to judge Seeso's success (or failure).

Then earlier this month, NBC announced it would launch another service, dubbed “Hayu.” This service will focus on reality TV, and will launch in March in the UK, Ireland, and Australia. NBC promises to add 500+ episodes to Hayu every year, including content from Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives, and Top Chef franchises. It will cost £3.99 in the UK, €4.99 in Ireland and $5.99 in Australia.

NBC’s head of research, Alan Wurtzel, recently argued that Netflix hasn’t had a big effect on viewing patterns. Netflix sniffed at the claim.

But NBC is clearly taking the “post-TV” streaming landscape seriously, and its current strategy shows that management believes “genre” is at least one way to make money on digital video without shooting themselves in the foot.

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It's been 26 years since the hit comedy "Kindergarten Cop" showed us the (even) funnier, lighter side of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and now we're going to see Dolph Lundgren take a turn at it. 

That's right, there's going to be a "Kindergarten Cop 2," with Lundgren (the '80s acton star best known as the antagonist in "Rocky IV") starring as a super-tough FBI agent who has to go undercover as a teacher to track down bad guys with stolen data. For the sequel, Lundgren doesn't have to just deal with the kids in his class, but the school's politically-correct environment.

Watch the trailer below. The movie will be straight-to-DVD, available starting May 17. 

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Lady Gaga is getting rave reviews for her tribute to British music icon, David Bowie, who died last month. But it wasn't just her amazing voice that won over music lovers.

Gaga partnered with Intel to put together the incredible, high-tech performance, which was a collaborative display of technology and music that included a dancing robotic keyboard and facial projection technology.

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Kanye West has way more to say about his claim of being $53 million in debt.

The rapper continued speaking about his financial crisis on Twitter on Tuesday. In the tweets, he may have given a couple of reasons on why he decided to disclose his financial situation to the world in the first place.

According to his tweets, people who knew about his financial problems would use that knowledge as leverage during negotiations.

But now that it's out in the open, he feels that they can't use it against him anymore.

Contrary to West's original statement that he's $53 million in "personal debt," however, TMZ reports that sources close to the rapper say that the number is correct, but it isn't exactly personal debt.

It's the amount he has taken out of his own pocket to fund certain aspects of his fashion and music companies. For example, he has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to build the sets for his last tour and make the short film "Cruel Summer."

The site's sources also say that he has spent about $40 million over the three seasons of his fashion line. And although his Yeezy sneakers have sold well, West reportedly didn't get a paycheck for the first year of the line and funded the design himself.

He's also claimed that Nike didn't pay him any royalties. He parted with Nike — and continues feuding with the company on his new song, "Facts" — and announced that he signed a deal with Adidas in 2013. That seems to be going better for him.

Since the money went into his business ventures, if those companies default, West likely wouldn't be held personally liable.

It should also be noted that West has plenty of earning power. His Yeezus tour was the second-highest grossing of 2013, at $25 million.

Over the weekend, West made a public request to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion to fund the rapper's ideas. Zuckerberg has yet to respond to West.

In the past week, West was in good spirits at the listening party for his new album, "The Life of Pablo," and fashion show. He then appeared as the musical guest on this past weekend's "Saturday Night Live." At the same time, he has been carrying on another new feud with on-again/off-again rival Taylor Swift.

Business Insider reached out to West's representatives for comment.

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Most people know that Ivanka Trump's career started in fashion, but now her 22-year-old sister Tiffany is following suit, having just rocked her first New York Fashion Week show.

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A new expose by the New Yorker on TMZ reveals many of the gossip empire's secrets to how it gets scoops. 

A big one? TMZ spends a lot of money, from small bribes for limo drivers and hotel employees to get info, to larger sums exchanged for earth-shattering footage of famous people doing wrong.

Here we highlight how much TMZ paid for some of its biggest scoops, according to the New Yorker story.

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For footage of Drake in 2014 throwing money outside a Washington strip club, the source asked to be paid $5,000.

For footage of former NFL player Ray Rice dragging the unconscious body of his fiancée Janay Palmer from an Atlantic City elevator in 2014, the source was paid $15,000. (Footage showing Rice knocking her down inside the elevator, leading to his termination from the Baltimore Ravens, went for almost $90,000.)

According to Page Six, TMZ paid $250,000 for footage of Solange Knowles attacking brother-in-law Jay Z in an elevator at the Standard hotel in New York City in 2014, while her sister Beyonce stood by. A TMZ source for the New Yorker piece said the price was closer to $5,000.

When LL Cool J took the Grammy stage on Monday night to host music's biggest night for the 5th time in a row, he had company.

There, on his lapel, sat a sparkly (presumably) diamond lapel pin that had his first two initials: LL.

These initials stand for "ladies love," which is an odd thing to proclaim on your chest. (LL's stage name, for what it's worth, stands for "ladies love Cool James").

Besides breaking a rule of decency, LL has also broken another rule with his lapel pin: they aren't meant to be distracting.

Think about other lapel pins you've seen: likely a small flower on a tuxedo or a tiny American flag pin on a presidential candidate. Taking that into account, LL's "LL" pin is probably as distracting as you can get with a pin. It draws the eye and clashes with the rest of his outfit.

But there is a right way to wear a lapel pin. Take for instant, Rami Malek, who we called the best dressed guy at this year's Golden Globes. His ensemble also included a lapel pin:

Observe how Rami Malek's pin melds with the lapel of his navy tuxedo, adding interest to the tuxedo without overwhelming it. The flower is not a contrasting color, so it doesn't draw the eye as much.

That's the right way to pin your lapel. Take note, LL, and better luck next year.

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Megyn Kelly knows a thing or two about haters.

As a Fox News anchor who has moderated several Republican primary debates, she's gone head-to-head with quite a few.

"In my business, everyone is a critic," Kelly writes for Time's new advice website, Motto. "You cannot succeed if you are not willing to accept that not everyone will like you. (If everyone does, you're probably pretty boring.)"

But while she says it's important to keep an occasional eye on what smart people you respect have to say, and that sometimes critics offer valuable lessons, its damaging to wallow in the negativity. 

"The more you let negative people get in your head, the more they succeed in cowing you," she writes.

Kelly says it's better to take the energy you would devote to the naysayers and channel it into yourself. "Insist that you do better, choose better, be better," she writes.

A wise friend recently told me: If a bully pokes you with a stick, don't jump. Among other goals, a bully wants to control you. A bully wants some kind of reaction; why provide it? Talk to your spouse, your friends, your mom, or dad. Take a moment for self-pity, even — but just a moment. And then, remember who you are. Remember what defines you — and it is surely not your bully. If outside help can be of assistance in shutting down the problem, go for it. But you? You stay focused on your game. Amidst the rhetorical bullets firing: Head down, shoulders back, forge forward.

 Read the full Motto article here.

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Four-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Bock told INSIDER that being a model is harder than you think.

This year, Bock went to Malta for the shoot. The issue is on sale now. 

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Diago Kashino, a 33-year-old Japanese actor, has died after being stabbed in the stomach with a samurai sword during a stage-play rehearsal in Japan.

A police representative told CNN the actor was pierced in the abdomen “with a sword-like object” during an action scene in a rehearsal session for a “jidaigeki” drama (a genre based on the Edo period of Japanese history) at a studio in Koto, Tokyo.

The other actors reportedly heard Kashino groan and turned to discover him hunched over — but no one saw what happened.

Police are now investigating whether his death was an accident or a criminal act.

Jidaigeki dramas portray the daily lives of samurai, farmers, and ninjas during Japan's Edo period between 1603 and 1868.

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"Vinyl" didn't exactly rock with its premiere episode on Sunday.

According to live-plus-same-day ratings from Nielsen, the music drama's two-hour premiere, directed by Martin Scorsese, averaged just 764,000 viewers, Deadline reported.

For context, HBO's struggling "The Leftovers" premiered to 1.8 million viewers in 2014. Its second season averaged 700,000 viewers. HBO renewed it for a third and final season in December. "True Detective" premiered in 2014 with 2.3 million viewers, and its critically panned second season averaged 2.6 million viewers.

"Vinyl" could have suffered from premiering during a holiday weekend or airing against powerhouses in the 9 p.m. time slot, such as the midseason returns for "The Walking Dead" and "The Good Wife," and a "Tonight Show" Valentine's Day special on NBC. The HBO drama's numbers should go up substantially with delayed viewership over the week from DVR, On Demand, and streaming.

Critics were generally very content with "Vinyl," which scored a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Executive-produced by Mick Jagger, Scorsese, and Terence Winter (who's also the showrunner and helmed HBO's "Boardwalk Empire"), the series covers the music and recording world of 1970s New York City through the eyes of record-label president Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale).

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Even Sir Paul McCartney struggles to get into Grammy afterparties. 

The Beatles cofounder showed up to a party outside of the Argyle in Hollywood with Beck, who won a Grammy for album of the year last year, and the Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, but video footage captured by TMZ shows the group being denied entry. 

In the video, McCartney jokes, "How VIP do we gotta get?" and tells Beck and Hawkins that they "need another hit." 

TMZ cited it as Tyga's party and Twitter users rallied against the rapper for blocking entrance to the group. 

Tyga took to Twitter to clarify that he didn't block the musicians, explaining that he didn't control the door.

He also appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to explain what happened. 

“I had no knowledge. I was inside performing,” Tyga said, later adding that he was paid to perform. “I wish I knew he was outside, I would’ve went out there with a mic and brought him in to perform with me.”

According to Kimmel, apparently it was the fire marshal who denied entry to the musicians.

"Yeah, tweet the fire marshal; don't tweet me," Tyga joked. 

“You’d think fire codes wouldn’t apply to Beatles — there’s only two of them left,” Kimmel said. “Worst case, they both show up.”

Tyga then asked McCartney to perform with him at his February 26 show at the Nokia Theatre. "I will personally walk you in," Tyga said. 

Watch Tyga explain below:

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It never hurts to get advice before you go into a big job. And there's probably no bigger role Ben Affleck has signed on for than playing Batman in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” which hits theaters March 25.

In a recent interview with “Good Morning America,” Affleck said that he has gotten advice from two former Dark Knights: George Clooney and Christian Bale.

In typical Clooney fashion, the actor, Affleck says, “gave me some advice which is not repeatable.” But Affleck did share what Bale told him.

“I talked to Christian, who just told me to make sure I got a zipper in the suit, which was valuable, practical advice as it turned out.”

It probably makes sense to go with the wisdom from the guy who revived Batman to acclaim over three films, rather than the guy whose role in the franchise is best known for a Batsuit with nipples on it.

In the “GMA” interview, Affleck also talked about getting into shape for the role, having to go up against the buff Henry Cavill, playing Superman, as he did in “Man of Steel.”

“I saw the first movie he was in and I was like, ‘Wow, I don’t know if I’m going to be in quite that good of shape,’” Affleck said of Cavill.

Though Affleck said he did end up putting on 20 pounds of muscle for the role.

Watch the full “GMA” interview with Affleck and Cavill below:

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